Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-09

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mittee of Maryland State Grange spoke in regard
| to the establishment of an agency in Washington.
The session will continue tonight and to-mor-
row.
The FARMERS CONGRESS. TO the
adjournment of the Farmers Congress OF
Northern Virginia, which met in this city
yesterday, the following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved That this convention recommend the
continuance ofthese meetings, as promotiye of the
local and general interests, and especially the So
cial fraternity which ought to exist among all
cultivatois of the soil.
Resolved, That all authorizations OF commercial
fertilizers are crimes of the same moral and legal
enormity as counterfeiting the current coins, aud
should BE- punished in the same degree.
Resolved, That the Secretary of this meeting is
| hereby directed to communicate to the House of
Delegates and Senate of Virginia the unanimous
vote of this body upon the subject of their appro
priating fifty thousand dollars TO certain agricul
tural societies
The vote WAS against making the appro-
priaiion.
Resolved, That this Farmers Convention return
a vote of thanks to the Woodlawn Farmers Club
for the opportu. ity they have given the farmers
Of this section to meet each other, and for the
handsome manner in which they have entertain
cd Is
Personals During recess of Council
last night, many Of the members in inform.
ally discussing the msyora!ty question said
they not only think, but their constituents
were in favor of he electing Mayor SmOot
noIens volens 1t is learned that Mayor
Smoot is daily solicited by citizens Of all
parties TO reconsider his determination not
to be candidate for reelection.
Councilman Peter Aitcheson has returned
t.;n . ho harr,
States, having gone as far as Jacksonville,
Fla.
Among the guests registered at the Ex-
change Hotel in Richmond yesterday was
Mr. a. A WarGeld, of this city.
Capt Dan. NJ Lee, brother of Gov. Fiiz
hugh Lee, is reported dangerously i'll at his
home in Stafford with infiammatory rheu
matism.
Masonic Grand Lecturer Of the State Pey'
ton S. Coles, who has been in the city for the
past few days, has gone to Leesburg.
THE OPERA HoUsE.-Mr. Louis James
aud Miss Marie Wainwright, with strong
supporting company, will appear at the
Opera House tonight. The play selected is
"Nirginius," a work which taxes the versa
tilty OF the actor to an unusual extent, but
Mr. James is said to meet the requirements
admirably, his deep musical voice assisting
him to the greatest success. The-climax OF
the forum scene, at which he kills Virginia
to save her from dishonor, is said to be il
all respects the work of an accomplished
and experienced actor. Miss Wainwright
is said 10 play the part of Virginia with
great beauty. The company carry and will
use. their own special scenery, and all the
elaborate costumes worn by them in
bo k.f 1 ia frUy hn ilc
to night. The Chicago Ncrs says:
'Mr James is maa Of rare intelligence. His
Interpretation Of the character of Virgnius is dis
tinguishable at once for its superior merit. Miss
Wainwright showed the intelligent conception
ard shilful treatment of an artist destined to be-
come one of the brightest ornaments of the AMIR
lean stage
SUICIDE.-Mr. J. NJ. Benton, Of Loudoun,
who is in the city to-day, reports that o"
Friday night last Mr.. John F. Broaddus.
while suffering with arrangement of mind,
brought about by grief at the death OF
nephew in Florida, committed suicide near
Unison, Loudoun county. Mr.. Broaddus
recently came to this city on a short visit to
s. relative, and few days afterwards mys
teriously disappeared from the latter's house.
He then went to the house of Mr.. c. +.
Keen, another relative, near Unison, where
he was kept under restraint. On Friday
night he climbed out Of the window of his
room, and on search being made for him
next day, his dead body was found about
half mile from the house, with his throat
cut from ear to ear. with an old razor, which
was found in his hand. An inquest was
held by Justice ]. L. Newton, and the YER
dict rendered was in accordance with the
above facts.